Reliable Source: May 24, 2009 - May 30, 2009

(Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)) Just another lunch break at the White House: President Obama today zipped down to the Five Guys burger joint near Nationals Park -- just him, a couple aides, a motorcade's worth of security, the traveling press...

Nick Spangler (Courtesy Signature Theatre) The airwaves are filled with serious actors who turn to TV work to subsidize their earnest stage careers. That's sort of Nick Spangler's situation, with a couple differences. The TV work he took on...

Who wants to be a "Real" housewife? Who, that is, in Washington? That's the question now that Bravo's boobs-and-Botox reality series is turning to the nation's capital for the sequel to "The Real Housewives of Orange County" and its ilk

Jenna Bush and Henry Hager (White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) Jenna Bush and Henry Hager rocking out at the National's concert at 9:30 club Sunday night. The former first daughter (jeans, spring blouse, open-toed shoes) and husband (jeans,...

Chris Brown (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) "Everybody that's haters, they just been haters. ... I ain't a monster." -- Chris Brown, in a video on YouTube this week, breaking months of silence since his arrest in connection with Rihanna's assault....

Last year's National Book Festival poster. The president and first lady will chair the ninth National Book Festival this fall; founder Laura Bush said yesterday she's "really happy" and "not surprised" they'll continue the tradition. Unclear if the Obamas...

President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor yesterday to succeed David Souter on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais; Dennis Brack/Bloomberg News) Another first on the Supreme Court! If Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed, she'll be its first ... bachelorette. The...

Rapper T.I. performs in Atlanta on Sunday. (AP Photo/Kat Goduco) "I'll see y'all in 366 days." -- T.I. to a sellout concert crowd in Atlanta on Sunday night, his last show before turning himself in to officials at the...

Laurence Fishburne (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post) Laurence Fishburne dancing until the wee hours at the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton on Sunday night. Tight gray shirt, khaki pants. Had his look-alike son and another guy along for the evening. The actor, in...

Our colleague Lisa de Moraes reports that cable network Bravo is bringing its wildly popular "Real Housewives" franchise to Washington. The only question, as we've noted previously: What real Washington power player would want to spill their dirt on reality...

Guests sunbathe near the Jacuzzi on the Harle. (Courtesy of LocalKicks) Hey, sailor! Or should we say Saylor? Thanks to Michael Saylor, Washington has one mega-millionaire who lives . . . well, exactly like the movie version of a...

Tom Cruise at last year's "Tropic Thunder" premiere. (AP) Tom Cruise touring the Air and Space Museum on Saturday with son Connor and daughter Suri -- and triggering a wave of double takes around the Wright brothers gallery. (One...